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FRUIT PROSPECTS.
FRUIT PROSPECTS IN 0REC-0H.
Tho pleasant showers of tlio pant fow , Information from Many Parts of Oiegon
.lays come very favorably to tho gardens ' App,M not J'" 0,op'
plums and prunos too. Cherries half
a crop. Fears none. Blackberries all
killed but cvergroons. Clack rasp
berrios promise well. Rod raspberries
ono-fourth of a crop. Strawberrios ato
and spring grain and all nnturo is fresh- i chonulcum Valley, noar JefTerson,
encd by thorn. Strawberries wilt grow n g0od fruit section, wo found fruit (es-1 twCnty days later than hist season, and
u..u ..,,uu wuu u.m muKu jr..u .. pccmiiy nppics; not ono-uaii a crop. air. not mnny, f0ftry ones all killed.) Cur
xx. xj. Anucncy una mil irees oi ener
ries, but his apples arc not quito n half
crop. Mr. N. II. Looney docs not think
that ho will have anything liko a half a
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J)r. Henry Lnno, of Portland, grandson
ofOcn'lJoo. Lano, is appointed Super"
intondent of tho Statu Insano Asylum.
JIc will take tho ofllco July 1st, the dato
nt which Dr. Joseph! resigns.
On Juno lfilh tho I'ioncors of Oregon
will meet for their annual reunion nt
Portland. Forming at tho Court IIouso
tho proccHsiou, under tho chargo of Col.
McCrnkcn as marshal of tho day, will
inarch to tho Mechanics' I'livillion,
whoro various and appropriato exercises
will bo hold. In tho evening n grand
ball will bo hold, and tho pioneers can
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sip in tho floral annex.
TOE CALIFORNIA WHEAT DEAL.
Wo havo oxplatncd that tlio liigh
prico of wheat in our Stato and Califor
nia is duo to speculation and actual
gambling, In Ban Francisco. Tho prico
is forcod up by a system that wo confess
is abovo our comprehension, for wo can
not understand how mon can bo such
fools as to got caught in tho toils of
gamblors with thoir eyes opon. Tho
faot is that all who spcculata hopo to
takn advantago of somo turn of tho
market. Last Friday wheat wont up
"by a turn of tho wrist" to .$2.10, and
hundreds who couldn't put up margins
in tlmo had to pay their losses and
many more badly llccccd. Tlio foolish
character of tho doal is manifest whon
wo know that whilo "oporalors" who
were "caught short" woro sottling their
gambling ventures at San Francisco on
tho basis of $2.10 per cental, tho samo
iualit of wheat lauded in Liverpool,
freights and all charges paid, was only
worth thoro ? 1.0ft per cental. This ex
plains tho fact, wo, stato that wltout in
California and Oregon boars a fictitious
prico and on that has no basis in busi
ness produce. Tho year will bo up at
tho end of Juno and thou tho "deal'
will bo over. Ah it is now, any farmer,
or club who inn got together 100 tons of
wheat can bo sure of $2.10 during this
mouth. At loast that is stated in tho
dispatches. In California somo eaily
wheat is ripo in June and if thoy can
tlucsli .uid deliver it before July 1st,
thoy can get iho 2.10 per cental. Wo
regret that wo cannot give our readers
nHiirauca that tho wheat market promi-M-s
a good llgum for tho coming crop.
At tho nunut tiino it is possible that it
may w hen tho world's harvests are all
understood.
l.n a.ta imlluu. . iYl ..!. i in Htni VIa '
UIU IIUIJPUUIIUIIUU BUIIIClt'Ilb VJ wuiuunu
to tho roots of plants. Cherries aro a
little behind timo and need rain to givo
them size and flavor. Owing to tho of
focls of frosts threo weeks ago it is
doubtful if cherries amount to oven half
a crop, and it would bo strnngo if straw
berries and other small fruits wero not
injured. Tho canncrs at East Portland
havo been doing good work, but this
year thoy will bo puzzled to find small
fruits to work on.
From every quarter wo hear that ap
ples woro almost destroyed by tho frosts
of tho ICtli and lGth of May. Pears
also snilerou sovorcly and all irtilts aro
damaged moro or Ics. Tho cold rain
and heavy storms of tho first ten days of
May did much less harm than wo antici
pated. With us tho Washington plum
was tho only - fruit that fliiflVrcd from
that cold rainy weather. Wo havo 250
lino, largo and healthy trcos that shed
every somblanco of fruit during that
storm. All tho rest gavo promiso of an
immenso yield, and it was two weeks af-
tor tho frost boforo its effects wero
manifest in our orchards. Coo's Golden
Drop's had grown tho sizo of small
beans boforo they fell, and nro almost
an ntfor failuro. Slrango to say. Somo
trees of tho samo variety will bo full and
others besido them not over half full.
Tliis is tho caso with Bartlott pears,
Poach plums, Hcin ClaudcB, Columbine,
though thoso variotics will cotno near
making a two-thirds yield. Tho Pctito
or French prunes havo twico too much
fruit on; over 1000 Italians carry all
thoy can do justico to. A careful sum
mary of our orchards show that of 6,000
bearing trcos .'1,000 aro a good avorogo ;
1,000 aro a full half crop and 1,000 wo
do not count ns really bearing anything
worth whilo. Tho prunes and plums
that stood tho frost with us aro, Pctitcs,
Italians, Dradshaws, Hungarians, that
will many of them havo to bo thinned.
So will many peach plums, but thoy do
not nvorago to boar full. Somo Colum
bias aro too full and also somo Burtlott
pears. Wo should liko to havo similar
statoments of orchards in other localities.
Wool commands n ready market just
now and wheat bears an unusual prico,
and wo trust that many of our readers
will tako advantago of both and when
they do it will bo highly appreciated if
that will send us a remittanco to covor
subscription accounts. This timo of tho
year is a snvoro one tho nowspapers pub
lishor, and ho need every cent he can
raise Don't forgot us but sond us 2
at onco.
Lubricating oils for overy use, warrant
ed tho purest and best, nt tho Tort Drug
uompany, saieni.
crop, and considers that a liko stato of
affairs exists around him. In all tho
o.-chards alone tho old staco road lead
ing from Salem to JefTerson, for twclvo
miles, wo failed to find and indications
of anything liko a crop of fruit. Tho
fall grain without exception looked ex
ceedingly well, and tho promises of tho
futuro aro flattering indeed. A slight
rain fell Sunday afternoon (Juno Gth),
and farmers generally were well pleased,
W. J. C.
Spring Valloy, in Polk county, a beau
tiful littlo valo that lays alongsido tho
Willamette, somo six miles north of
Salem, has always been noted ns an ap
plo section, and a district from which
was received tho choicest fruits. Mr. C.
O. Walker wus in our oflico Saturday
(Juno fith), and gavo us tho following
facts : Ho considered stono fruits almost
an ontiro failure, and Coo's golden drop
plum, only a very fow; Cherries promi
ses only half a crop ; pears wero appar
ently full at present and especially so
wero tho Bartlctle, but ho notices a
blight upon tho balance, and hardly
know what it might amount to. Apples
botween a third and a half a crop. Fall
wheat promises over an averago yield
and ho considers twonty-fivo bushols nn
avorogo yiold. Hut littlo spring wheat
has been sown, but if timely showers
will como it will turn out well. Small
fruits nro all killed. IIo considers that
tho ftuit crops of himself and neighbors
not moro thnu uno-half a crop. There
aro but few plum or pruno orchards in
this section, but there aro small young
orchards coining on that will bear well
another year or bo. Mr. Walker csti
mates that in favorablo years tho spring
valloy xection produce and market
25,000 bushels of choice apples, ns in
this section aro somothing liko a dozen
orchards thnt produco from l,ft00 to
1,000 bushels annually.
rants one-fourth of n crop. Qooosebor
rics one-half of a crop. I keep a daily
record of tho weather; condition of our
crops; days of doing certain things, as
blossoming, hoeing, gathering, etc., and
this season is fully two weeks Uter than
usual. Sond us rain.
Mr. J. 11. Scttlomier, of Woodburn,
Or., this county, writes us that on Juno
7th, crops goncrally lookod well and
that cherries nro a good crop; poara
good, but that plums woro onc-thitd of
a crop, whilst apples wero only ono-half
of a crop. Pears about two-thirds of a
crop.
Dr. J. Itoynolds, who has a large
pruno orchard north of Salem, in a con
versation with us, says that his Petito
pruno and Italians were not damaged
much, but that all other kinds wero an
entire failure. Pears a good crop. Ho
gathers, information, after talking with
his neighbors, that fruit generally is
rather slim, especially apples.
Mr. Geo. Bcaler, of Myrtlo Creek
Douglas county, was in Salem tho foro
part of this wock, and informs us that
Micro had boon no frost in thnt immc
diato neighborhood, and that grapes
wero heading out woll nnd promised a
heavy yield. Peaches wero very good.
Prunes excellent, and will exceed any
former year. Applos were never bettor
nor finer to all appearances. Grain crops
woro doing wondot fully well and will
oxceod any former year. Ho said that
ho could not help but notice tho differ
ence between their grain and that grow
ing along sido tho track, as ho camo
here. IIo gives us tho names of six
parties who hnvo and aro planting pruno
orchards that will aggrcgato eighty
acres. All of which will bo in bearing
soon.
' Jacksonville Times : Thcro is no
danger of frosts now and fruit is safe.
There will bo plonty of all kinds, though
poaches and plums will bo bcarco in
Homo localities.
Tho young peaches in Ashlnnd aro ns
largo ns pigeon eggs now, or larger;
cherries nro rincnimr and strawberries
aro improving tho daily tablo faro, says
an Ashland paper.
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RATHER HARD LINES,
Thoio !h tin old pro voi li that bays
"Troubles never como singly." It looks
as if when ill fortuuo comes to a man it
kcoiu coming in various forms and be
comes oppressive. Wo thought so when
a year ago all our horses died and one
thing ufter another happened within tho
space of a year that made up it to'al ef
over two thousand dollars loss. A still
more unfortunate case comes to us in
tho experience of a friend who lives n
fow miles Mow town and last fall he
camo to ko us, driving a lino pair of
liortM, A fow weeks later wo met him
and ho aid one of his line span was
dead, Tho other day ho said the other
was also dead and his misfortunes had
thickened. IIo lost a Hue cow and a
pair of twin calves and over fifty lambs
had died since lambing time. Some
other stock hud gone the same road and
to cap the climax Polk county has run
a roud through land he ha thoro that
will require 100 iods of feueo in u dis
trict where timber is scarco nul liuf al
lowed but a tritlo ot compensation. So
it goes I This world has its vexatious
and they must bo Iwuo. ltesidcs all
these mishaps, tho result of storms and
frosts havo left his orchards almost baro
of fruit, but in that respect lo is as well
oil' as m wt of his nclghbois.
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nnd ocoam, and thounamU of mentis of enjoy,
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fect healthi but licw often do tho miioritv
of people feel liko Riving it up iliihcartonetf,
ilikcuurageil and worn out with diaeaae, when
thcro la no occaaioti for tliia feeling, a every
lutlttrcr can easily obtain satisfactory proof
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them free from diaeaie, ai when born. I)ya
popaia and Liver Complaint are the direct
cauaei of iovuntyfive per cent, of auoli mall,
diea ai llilliouinm, Imligeation, Sick Head
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and other distreaaiiig symptoms. Three
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Mr. (). Coolidge, tho veteran uiioeiy
man and fruit grower of Ashland, thinks
thoro Is no limit to the prolific bearing
qualities of tho poach, plum, and prune
trees in that valley. After having
pruned his pouch trees this year till his
neighbors declared ho hadn't loft a
bearing twig on them, ho supposed the
Southern Oregon frosts tho papers north
have been talking about would proba
bly bo able to keep tho fertile blooms
down to within proper limits, but this
week ho has had to pick and knock tho
young fruit off to kcop tho trees from
breaking, until tho ground beneath is
literally covered with young peaches ;
and ho is still afraid that ho lias left too
many peaches on tho trees.
Trouble Ahead
When the appetite fails, ami sleep grows
restless and uurefrtshiiii;. there is trouble
ahead. The digestive organs, when healthy,
crave lootl. the nervous system, when vigor
ous and trampid, gives its possessor no un
easiness at ulyht. A tonic, to be etlecthe.
should nut be a mere anuetiter. uor are the
nerves to he strengthen and soothed by the
unaMcd actiou of a sedstive or a narcotic
What is required is a medicine which Invig
orates thu stomach, and promote assimila
tion of food by the system, by which means
Uio nervous system, as well as other parts of
tho physical organism, aro strengthened.
These are the elite ts of Hostctter' Momach
Bitters, a medicine whose reputation is
founded firmly in public cenndence, snd
which physicians commend for its ton!?, anti
bilious and other properties. It is ucd it a
the best results In fever and ague, rheuma
tism, klduev and uterllue taknes. and
other maladies.
Mr. Lewis Pettyjohn, who rcstdes on
tho Independence road, four miles south
east of Salem, says thnt his applo
crop is a dead failuro; poars tho same,
but ho has n fow cherries and not any
moro plums than no will nnvo uso lor,
for homo consumption.
Mr. Thomas Duckman, of New Era,
Clackamas county, sont tho following,
under dato of Juno Gth : In accordauco
with tho wish oxprossod, I sond n report
of crop prospects. Fall wheat looks
well and promNos a good crop. Karly
sown spring grain looks woll, but tho
late sown grain needs rain, and unless
thcro is rain soon it will not amount to
much. Tho fruit is tho worst failuro 1
havo ever seen. ' Thoro will bo moro
cherries and plums thnu any othor
varieties of fruit. Apples and pears nro
very few, they wero injured by cold
rains whilo in bloom. Grass will lion
fair crop. Clover is generally good.
It. W. Sayers, in tho north end of tho
county, noar Hrooks Station, says that
ho will havo a fair crop of apples this
season, but not to largo n crop as usuul.
Other fruit is generally very good.
.Mr. L F. Thompson, I'mpqua, Or.,
(Coles Valloy), under dato of Juno (Ith
says Fall wheat looks well and will bo
a good crop ; somo may lodgo on bot
tom laud where it was pastured. Spiing
wheat looks well, and with a few good
showers through this month will do as
well and may lie better than that Fall
sown oats aro an average, and on hill
land aro over nn average. Grass is
good ; better than has been known for
years. Fruit only tolerable; apples not
moro than a half crop, and iu some or
chards not that. Pears almost a failure,
plums the samo, and prunes not much
better with some chorrios, though not
so many as common. I am intending
to set out some moro fruit trees this fall.
Mr. S. K. Raymond, writing from
Oakland, Oregon (Douglas county), un
der daio of Juno 7th, says . Weather
cool and cloudy. G mi n looks well; will
havo a full crop. Grass better than for
soveral yenrs, at this timo of year.
Fruit only slightly hurt by frost.
Abundance left to make good fruit;
wild strawberries iu abundance; tho
best hay crop wa havo had for llvo years.
Dr. F. S. Mat ison, writes as follows to
us, under dato of Juno 7th, from Aurna
vll!o, Or.; As to fruit, so far as my ob
servation goes, apples aro all but killed;
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Kroin Uio Columbus llujifyCo., and oilier eH
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The Ifaelno Spring Wagons,
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and Democrat Wngoni.
Tlio Ituckcyo Force Piimn,
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The Mansfield Portable
Saw llllt and Engines.
The Kiifliilo Pitts,
"Chilleiptr" and "Economist" Threshers.
The Ituinilo Pitts Engines,
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The McC'ormlck Hut venters,
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The Decring Harvesters,
lleapers and Hotter.
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Tiger and HoIlingHWortli .
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